Definition of Delinquent

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Definition of Delinquent
	Delinquent Failing in duty; offending by neglect of duty. One who fails or neglects to perform his duty; an offender or transgressor; one who commits a fault or a crime; a culprit. Related Definitions: An, By, Crime, Culprit, Duty, Failing, Fault, His, In, Neglect, Of, Offender, Offending, One, Or, Perform, To, Transgressor, Who

Delinquent Quotations

The martial music of every sideburned delinquent on the face of the earth.
Frank Sinatra

All your Western theologies, the whole mythology of them, are based on the concept of God as a senile delinquent.
Tennessee Williams

The members of such a society consider that the transgression of a religious ordinance should be punished by civil penalties, and that the violation of a civil duty exposes the delinquent to divine correction.
Henry James Sumner Maine

When we first met, I was trying to put a band together. I asked around at school for other guys who wanted to play in a band. Someone told me about a juvenile delinquent they knew who played bongos.
Wayne Kramer

The one thing that's closest to my story is the thing about trying out for the juvenile delinquent role and getting it. That was the start of my acting career... which I've resumed, by the way.
Paul Mazursky

One good teacher in a lifetime may sometimes change a delinquent into a solid citizen.
Philip Wylie

Delinquent Translations

delinquent in Swedish is brottslighet

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